The Clare President of Saint Vincent de Paul is warning people that anyone, at any time can find themselves struck by poverty.
The charity has published a report which has found that the rate of in-work poverty among lone parents in Ireland doubled from 2012 to 2017.
It means 1 in 5 single parents live below the poverty line, while 84% were unable to meet unexpected expenses and childcare costs were out of reach for some 60%.
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Niamh McDonnell has been telling Clare FM’s James Mulhall that nobody is immune to circumstances like this: